The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Pope Francis has broken with tradition when it comes to where he is laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead ...

ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the ...

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he deliberately simplified.